City Vehicle Mileage Report From La Crosse August 1946
La Crosse city vehicles logged 48 029 miles in the 30 day period June 15 to July 18 using 6 354 gallons of gas for 9 043 miles per gallon. Department totals include Health 5 898 miles 432 gal Police 17 920 miles 1 744 gal Engineer 2 064 miles 142 gal and others. Highway trucks recorded 11 685 miles using 2 097 gallons. On hand fuel was 5 228 gallons with 90 gallons of oil at July 15.
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la Crosse City
Common Council
Health Department
Engineer
Plumbing
Water Department
Park Department
Highway Department
Pigeon Messaging in Paris 1870 Siege
French used microphotography to send covert messages into Paris during the 1870 Prussian siege. Carrier pigeons carried tiny photo messages, enabling rapid discreet communication under blockade and bombardment.
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Paris
Record vote totals show 9 337 in La Crosse primary
The 1944 La Crosse primary saw 9 337 voters casting ballots likely a city record. If all eligible voters participated totals could exceed 22 000. Final ward by ward comparisons reveal substantial gains over 1944 with 21st ward leading at 559 to 267 and 14th ward at 845 to 536.
Radio program schedule from August 15 1946 nightly lineup
A dense listing of NBC CBS ABC and MBS radio programs with times from 5:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. next day. Multiple names appear including Meredith Willson Vaughn Monroe Dick Haymes Arthur Godfrey Fred Waring and City programs such as News Weather and Market Reports.
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NBC
Meredith Willson
Jack Haley
Vaughn Monroe
CBS
Mark Warnow
Dick Haymes
ABC
MBS
Vic and Sade
Briday
Patrice Nbc
Fred Waring
Mystery Theater Cbs
Arthur Godfrey
Aldrich Pamily
Hollywood
FBI
Lorenzo Fuller
Lopez
WKEH
Traffic Department
The
Olmsted Playhouse
Eddie Duchin
Meredith Wilson
the Fifth Horseman
Concert of the Nations
Richard Harkness
Eastwood Gardens Orch
Joyce Jordan
Weords and Music
Morton Downey
Hayehakers
Portia
Nbc Woman's Club
Parrell
Abe Sparrow and
the Hawk
Tennessee Jed
Abe Tom Mix
Abe
Walter Kiernan
Abec-East
Mbs-West
Tropics
Nbc Report
Washington
Larry Carrin
Lowell Thomas
Abc 7 World News
Cal Tinney
Clayton
Cbs News
Palton Lewis, Jr
Skyline
Gordon MacRae
Raymond Swing
Carolyn Gilbert
Tommy Riggs
Betty Lou
Henry J. Taylor
H. V. Kaltenborn
Bill Brandt
Paul Lavalie
Henry Aldrich
Sam Spade
Abec
Voice
Break the Bank
Gabriel Heatter
Abe Lyman
Wayne King
Harry James
His
Mystery Theater Mysteries
Orson Welles
America
Bill Stern
Ann Sothern
Maisie
Cbs Meet the Press
Hong Kong Bans Pillion Bicycle Riding for Taxi Bikes
AP News reports Hong Kong bars pillion riding on bicycles used to haul passengers. About 2,000 cyclists rely on rear-fender pads to earn income in a crowded city with limited buses. The decree affects a popular, low-cost transport method amid overcrowding and a mix of bicycle rickshaws and pull-pikes.
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Hong Kong
Children Starting School Medical Exam Plea from Neupert
There will be close to 50 000 new first graders in Wisconsin, says Dr. Carl N Neupert state health officer. The state board of health urges a visit to the family doctor and dentist before school starts for immunizations and a full head to toe check up to ensure health, vision, hearing, lungs, teeth, and nutrition are prepared for schooling and life.
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Wisconsin
Carl N. Neupert
State Board of Health
Dr. Neupert
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SE Tribune
Ene
DRY Cleaners
Fifth Ave. North
Shadow
Tillman Bros
Fourth Street
Main
Pearl
Ned
MSS Aly
Mistral
Michael O'Malley
Ralph Lane
Melcroft
Sycamore
Lanee
York
Red Ryder
Fred Harman
Firestone
Tillman's
Associated Press
Robert McCormick
Ma Perkins
Backstage Wile
Stella Dallas
Lorenzo Jones
Young Widder Brown
News
Sacred Heart
Palm Service
Betty Crocker
Neupert
Leedy
Terry
Kesie O'Grady
Betty Grable
Hoosier Hotshots
Jeff Donnell
Guy Kibbe
Ken Curtis
the Town Criers
Tarzan
Johnny Weissmuller
Frances Gifford
Fred Macmurray
Charles Drake
Lisette
WEREA
Lois Collier
Sig Ruman
Dan Seymour - Lewis Russell
David Lloew Production
Eve
Nek
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